Super7 ULTIMATES! . Revealed at SDCC 2026
Astral Moat Monster
Evil Guardian of the Mystical Prison
The Evil Guardian of the Mystical Prison. The 1985 LJN toy, the episode that made it canon, and the all-new 14-inch Super7 figure, all in one place.
Seen at Comic-Con
In hand at SDCC 2026
Super7 had the Astral Moat Monster on its San Diego Comic-Con stand as a display-only piece. Here it is in person.
Display photos and video by @thebadassreviews on Instagram.
The Bold One
A monster that owned the shelf
Forget the cartoon for a second. The reason the Astral Moat Monster is a legend among ThunderCats collectors is the sheer nerve of it. LJN did not just tool up heroes and villains you could army-build. They committed a big, heavy, standalone creature to plastic: a one-off mold with its own everything, not a single part shared with the rest of the line.
On a 1980s toy shelf it was the centerpiece. Bulky, weighty, jaws open wide enough to swallow a hero figure whole, it sold the danger of Third Earth in one lump of vinyl. Making a piece like that, with no reused parts to cushion the cost, was a bold swing.
A one-off mold. No shared arms, no shared torso, no re-release as a repaint. The Moat Monster was tooled once and stood alone, which is a big part of why a complete vintage example is so hard to find today.
The Vintage Figure . LJN Wave 1
Assortment 3535
The original Astral Moat Monster arrived in LJN's debut ThunderCats wave, assortment 3535. The box copy cast him as the dangerous guardian of the Mystical Prison: menacing jaws, powerful legs, webbed claws, and mighty wings that let him pursue his victims in the water and in the sky.
The figure had poseable wings, arms, and feet, and came with two detachable red wings. Those wings are the single most common thing missing from a loose sample, so a complete Moat Monster with both intact is the one to hunt.
Because of its size it came boxed rather than carded, with around six points of articulation and a $9.99 retail price at launch.
A licensed Playful version was also produced for the Argentinian market using the LJN molds. See the full vintage archive entry.
Collector's Corner
What it is worth, and its rarest cousin
The Astral Moat Monster is a scarce piece today. Recent listings and sales put a loose figure missing its wings around $150 to $250, a complete loose example with both wings into the several hundreds, and a complete boxed example far higher, with asking prices climbing past $2,000. Those fragile plug-in wings and overall condition drive almost the entire spread.
The one that never shipped. LJN's 1986 catalog shows an Astral Moat Monster in a window box, styled like the company's Dungeons and Dragons monsters. That packaging was never produced, which makes the window-box prototype one of the rarest Moat Monster artifacts there is.
These prototypes do surface. The ThunderCats Museum, a private collection of vintage ThunderCats rarities, took its holdings to Action Figure Expo 2014 for an on-camera collection tour, and it is among the collectors who have shown the unproduced Moat Monster prototype in person. It is the kind of one-of-a-kind artifact that almost never reaches the open market.
1986 vs 2026
Forty years apart
Drag to compare the LJN original against the new Super7 reveal.
The Long Road
Four decades on the shelf
LJN Wave 1
The Astral Moat Monster arrives in LJN's debut ThunderCats wave: eight figures, three vehicles, the Sword of Omens, and this one-off creature (assortment 3535).
On Third Earth
It guards the prison in the episode The Astral Prison, first aired October 8, 1985.
Playful, Argentina
A licensed Playful release uses the LJN molds for the South American market.
Super7 revives it
An all-new 14-inch ULTIMATES sculpt is revealed at SDCC 2026, in vintage-inspired packaging. Arrives this fall.
The Reveal
Every angle
Reveal imagery: Super7 official announcement. Copyright WBEI and Wolf (s26), Super7 OpCo LLC.
Questions
Everything fans are asking
Is the Super7 Astral Moat Monster a convention exclusive?
It was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 as an all-new ThunderCats ULTIMATES! figure that arrives this fall. Super7 has asked fans to sign up at Super7.com for updates. Final release details are still to come.
How big is it?
The reveal card confirms it stands 14 inches tall, making it a creature-scale piece rather than a standard 7-inch ULTIMATES figure.
How poseable is it?
Super7 lists 7 points of articulation, in the ULTIMATES tradition, so the classic jaws-open lunge can be staged on the shelf.
Is it based on the vintage figure?
Yes. It is a brand-new sculpt of the LJN 1986 original (assortment number 3535), the Evil Guardian of the Mystical Prison, and it ships in vintage-inspired packaging.
What made the vintage LJN figure a big deal?
Its sheer presence. The Astral Moat Monster was a large, heavy, standalone creature with a one-off mold and no parts shared with the rest of the line, a bold and expensive thing for LJN to tool. On a 1980s shelf it was a centerpiece, and a complete example is scarce today.
What is the vintage LJN Astral Moat Monster worth today?
It retailed for about $9.99 in the 1980s. Today a loose figure missing the wings tends to run roughly $150 to $250, a complete loose example with both wings reaches into the several hundreds, and a complete boxed example commands far more, with asking prices seen above $2,000. The fragile red wings and overall condition drive most of the value.
How much is it and when can I buy it?
The MSRP is $195. It was shown as a display-only piece at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 and arrives fall 2026. No pre-order is live yet, so sign up at Super7.com to be alerted when it opens.
Sources: broadcast date via Wikipedia's ThunderCats episode list; the unproduced window-box prototype via toyarchive.com (from the 1986 LJN catalog); vintage values via Transformerland and recent eBay listings; the ThunderCats Museum at Action Figure Expo 2014 via the Evantainment interview.
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